Outside the Beltway

The Senate yesterday confirmed a 37-year-old to a lifetime Court of Appeals seat.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee is running for the Democratic nomination for President on a platform primarily focused on climate change. Whether that helps distinguish him from a growing field of candidates remains to be seen.

Economic growth slowed significantly in the fourth quarter of 2018 from where it had been earlier in the year. And it’s likely to slow down even more.

It turns out, The Duke wasn’t all that woke.

President Trump will get his Space force, but it won’t exactly be what he wanted when he first proposed that idea.

Pope Francis defrocked former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after decades of allegations of abuse of young boys and seminarians.

There is a bit of a disjuncture between the terminology and the reality (but that does not excuse Trump’s current actions).

Lyndon LaRouche, an eight-time Presidential candidate who ran a cult-like organization that spread bizarre conspiracy theories, has died at 96.

The National Debt officially topped $22 trillion, marking a $2 trillion increase since President Trump took office.

The former Attorney General is seriously pondering a presidential bid. Seriously.

The arguments against withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan are becoming weaker and weaker.

The longest-serving member of Congress in American history has passed away at the age of 92.

The President’s second State of the Union began and ended with calls for unity. In between, it was filled with the divisive partisanship that has marked his Presidency.

The damage done for Mickey Mouse in the name of Sony Bono is finally coming to an end.

The Supreme Court appears reluctant to overturn a century of case law that established a significant exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause.

Though in poor health himself, Bob Dole made his way to the Capitol to pay his respects to his old friend and political rival.

The European Union has approved the final Brexit deal negotiated with Theresa May’s government, but the final chapter has yet to be written.

Rest in Peace and Excelsior, Stan Lee!

A slight variant of the uniform from World War II and Korea is coming to a soldier near you.

One hundred years after the end of World War One, the forces that led to it are waking up from a long slumber.

My latest for War on the Rocks.

The GOP is likely to lose control of the House of Representatives tomorrow, but could this actually help Trump?

The world loses a genuine war hero.

One of the people most responsible for the personal computer revolution has passed away at the far-too-young age of 65.

Once the iconic American retail store, Sears now faces the possibility that it may end up fading into history.

President Trump got his revised version of NAFTA, but Canadians are less positive about the United States than they have been in at least twenty years.

President Trump is alienating our allies and making friends with dictators, and the world is responding as you might expect they would.

Senator John McCain has died at the age of 81,

Kofi Annan, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations at the dawn of the “War On Terror,” has died at the age of 80.

Jobs growth fell short of expectations in July but was still relatively decent. Wage growth, however, remains stubbornly stagnant.

President Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin was an even bigger disaster than anticipated.

The NATO Summit is going about as well as can be expected.

There’s a reason President Trump’s Supreme Court picks are “normal” in a way his national security and economic teams are not.

A milestone for the nation’s oldest service academy, founded in 1802.

The Polish Government has amended a controversial law that sought to punish people for discussing the role that some Poles played in the Holocaust.

Contrary to what many people have claimed, the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Hawaii did not overturn one of the most controversial decisions in its history.

In a ruling that largely relies on the authority granted by Congress to the President to regulate immigration on national security grounds, the Supreme Court has upheld the final version of the Administration’s travel ban.

The Vietnam memorial helped heal a gaping wound. What purpose will this one serve?

Seemingly out of nowhere yesterday, the Commander-in-Chief ordered the Pentagon to create a fifth service.

President Trump continues to dismiss concerns about Kim Jong Un’s brutality, and to lavish praise on a man who has a considerable amount of blood on his hands.

Donald Trump’s approach to international trade has nothing to with economics and everything to do with politics and the culture war he loves to provoke.

The Federal Government will borrow more than $1 trillion this year for the first time in more than a half-decade.

The 41st President has been hospitalized in Maine.

Conservatives claim to support freedom of speech and freedom of expression, but they’ve utterly failed that test when it comes to their reaction to players who peacefully and respectfully kneel during the National Anthem.

The Internet is a global platform. Should every country’s laws apply to everyone using it?

New York attorney Aaron Schlossberg found himself on the receiving end of an Internet firestorm this week. His case raises some interesting questions about Internet vigilantism.

The Trump White House has leaked more than any in recent memory. Some of the leakers have explained what motivates them.

Republicans are worried about 2018, and they’re even more worried that they have a President who is refusing to acknowledge political reality.